LIGHT ARRAY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ILLUMINATION OF OBJECTS IMAGED BY IMAGING SYSTEMS

摘要

An illumination system and method for providing wide angle illumination to objects to be inspected. The illumination system includes a dome light array (10) having a plurality of rows (40) where each row includes a plurality of lamps (40) arranged in an arc about an imaging area (so that each lamp in the row is approximately the same distance from the imaging area) and all of the lamps in a row point to and illuminate the same point within the image area. The illumination system can include an aperture (12) in the top of the dome light array through which a camera can image the object.